Open Positions

Current Employment Opportunities Below

Postdoctoral Researcher

Wharton People Analytics is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to assist in the development of research projects in people analytics, primarily in collaboration with Professors Matthew Bidwell and Peter Cappelli.

We are pursuing several multi-year projects that seek to develop our understanding of the impact of AI on the workforce.  The researchers will help to drive these projects forward. They will also have opportunities to continue to advance their own research agendas.  

The role will have two main responsibilities. One will be to drive forwards sponsored research projects with research partners, yielding publishable research while also providing actionable insights for our partners. The second main responsibility will be to manage student teams engaged in applied research.  In addition, the researchers may be asked to assist with the broader work of the People Analytics Initiative and the Center for Human Resources from time to time.

Successful candidates will be expected to have the following competences:

–          Ability to effectively manage relationships with corporate partners

–          Ability to manage and analyze large datasets, through familiarity with at least one programming environment (e.g. R, Stata, Python) and preferably more.

–          A strong background in multivariate statistical analyses

–          Ability to work independently and be proactive in developing a research project.

–          A good grasp of fundamental concepts around employment and careers

Although we are open to a variety of profiles, we believe that the successful candidate is likely to benefit from having had some of the following experiences:

–          PhD (or ABD) in management, sociology, economics, industrial relations or IO psychology with a research focus on employment issues

–          Previous experience in working with complex dataset

–          Work experience in a corporate setting

The salary will be between $66,300 and $70,000 depending on qualifications and years of experience. Benefits include health insurance and paid vacation and sick leave.

To apply, please e-mail your CV, cover letter, one representative publication or working paper, and the names and contact information for two references to peopleanalytics@wharton.upenn.edu by February 28th 2025.

Postdoctoral Researcher with Wharton Healthcare Analytics

Wharton Healthcare Analytics is seeking to hire a postdoctoral researcher with a research focus on designing novel machine learning algorithms and translating them to healthcare settings. The postdoc will collaborate on projects of mutual interest with Hamsa Bastani, Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions and Faculty Co-Lead, Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab. These may include one or more projects we are launching in our verticals of interest, such as:

  1. Innovative trial designs: Design meta reinforcement learning algorithms for adaptive and personalized clinical trials that are provably effective over short time horizons. We are partnering with Penn CHIBE to deploy these trial designs for targeting a variety of behavioral health interventions.
  2. Improving treatment & care: Develop novel off-policy evaluation and optimization techniques that use high-dimensional statistics to identify promising interventions from noisy data. Potential applications include mitigating healthcare worker burnout, in collaboration with Marissa King and CHOP/Penn Medicine.
  3. Human-AI collaboration: Develop “user-aware” AI tools that can better embed into human workflows, while guaranteeing fairness and improving patient outcomes.

Successful applicants will help define the research and consequent publications. This includes taking a lead role in designing and analyzing novel algorithms, liaising with healthcare practitioners, as well as gathering and analyzing data. They will also have opportunities to continue to advance their own research agendas. Teaching is not required.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

  1. Strong mathematical background, including expertise in machine learning, probability, and statistics
  2. Ph.D. (or expected completion by Fall 2025) in computer science, operations research, economics, statistics, or related fields
  3. Prior experience working with data, familiarity with at least one programming environment (e.g., R, Python)

The salary will be between $60,000 and $75,000 depending on qualifications and years of experience. Benefits include health insurance, paid vacation, and sick leave.

How to apply:

Please e-mail the following to Traci Doyle, Senior Associate Director of Strategic Projects:

  1. Current CV
  2. Cover letter
  3. Research statement
  4. One representative publication or working paper
  5. Contact information for two references

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and should be submitted by January 31, 2025 to receive full consideration. The anticipated start date for this position is July 1, 2025.

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